Or sleepier . Dana i would have gotten 10 hours of sleep if i went to bed like i felt like it. If you have any tips or tricks for the new schedule. Bill dana is here in the morning and evening and doing it all right now. Dana i went to bed earlier than most children last night and our Line Producer went to bed. Bill more caffeine. Eight hours. Dana we have a capitol hill watch with jackie heinrich. The Senate Moving Forward on covid relief without republican support . Thats right, dana. President biden reportedly told democrats to move forward with his 1. 9 trillion proposal not long after sitting down with Senate Republicans to try to hash out a bipartisan deal. 618 billion proposal was swiftly rejected. Democrats cleared a procedural hurdle to go forward with Budget Reconciliation to pass bigger bill with a simple majority. Republicans can join us but dont try to go against us. We have the majority and we arent backing down. Our members who were in the meeting felt that the president
As dana mentioned, we will speak exclusively to a man with a lot of power in washington, West Virginia democratic senator joe manchin. But first we begin in florida where two fbi agents were killed while serving a warrant. Phil keating is on the scene in sunrise, florida. Good evening, phil. Reporter good evening, bret. It all went down just after 6 a. M. This morning. A brutal, brazen and tragic incident inside that apartment complex behind me. Five fbi agents were shot, two of them fatally. Just minutes ago the fbi called this a very dark day. We are saddened by their loss as we struggle to come to terms with what happened. However, as we grieve their loss, we will continue the mission to protect the American People. Reporter the federal agents showed up to the subjects apartment before dawn for what was planned to be a Surprise Serving of a Search Warrant in an on going child pornography case. Instead of answering his door, the subject grabbed a gun and started shooting. The two age
desperation. i know that many of you watching are among them, and you know the reason for your pain. covid. the problem is so huge and so persistent, president biden says the fix should be too. not so fast, say the right side of the aisle. a lot of this help for the poor, for the hungry, the desperate, not really about covid. so let s not do it. you think i m making it up? listen to the leader of the opposition. only 9% addresses the fight against the virus itself. you get this massive bill with only 1%, 1% for vaccinations. it s stuffed with non-covid-related spending that even top liberal economists say is wrong for the recovery. what caused the loss of the jobs and the wages and the businesses, then? our economy still has 9.5 million fewer jobs than at this time last year. at the rate that we re growing right now, because the recovery is so great, at the rate that he calls so great, it will take us two years to get back to where we were. you think mcconnell would go gi
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gretchen whitmer ahead. plus, scandals grow. more accusations against new york governor andrew cuomo. as he faces mounting criticism, does the governor the support of his people or his party? hello. i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is beginning to feel a little hopeful. the pace of vaccinations in america hit 2 million per day last week. though health experts warn now is not the time to relax restrictions or public health measures. and for the millions of americans devastated economically it seems more help is on the way. saturday, the senate passed a $1.9 trillion relief bill which appears to be headed for president biden s desk after a final vote in the house on tuesday. the passage is aid targeting middle and low income americans including new $1,400 checks and a $300 boost to unemployment benefits and aid for state and local governments. the package passed with zero republican support, and the path was bumpy among senate democrats. on frid